{{tnr}}'''Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky''' (b. May 26, 1944) is a [[Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Schakowsky was first elected by voters from [[Illinois' 9th congressional district]] in 1998. Schakowsky defeated challenger [[Simon Ribeiro]] in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012.<ref name="abc">[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/elections/local/results ''ABC News 7'' "Election Results Primary 2012" Accessed March 20, 2012]</ref>

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{{tnr}}'''Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky''' (b. May 26, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois) is a [[Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Schakowsky was first elected by voters from [[Illinois' 9th congressional district]] in 1998.

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Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by ''GovTrack'', Schakowsky is a "[[GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking|far-left Democratic leader]]".<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/janice_schakowsky/400360 ''Gov Track'' "Schakowsky" Accessed May 18, 2012]</ref>

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She defeated challenger [[Simon Ribeiro]] in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012, and defeated challenger [[Timothy Wolfe]] (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.<ref name="abc">[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/elections/local/results ''ABC News 7'' "Election Results Primary 2012" Accessed March 20, 2012]</ref>

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Schakowksy serves as one of the Chief Deputy Whips of the [[Democratic]] caucus for the [[113th Congress]].<ref>[http://www.democraticwhip.gov/content/hoyer-announces-whip-team-113th-congress ''Office of the Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer'' "Hoyer Announces Whip Team for the 113th Congress," January 4, 2013]</ref>

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She serves as one of the Chief Deputy Whips of the [[Democratic]] caucus for the [[113th Congress]].<ref>[http://www.democraticwhip.gov/content/hoyer-announces-whip-team-113th-congress ''Office of the Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer'' "Hoyer Announces Whip Team for the 113th Congress," January 4, 2013]</ref>

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She is set to run for [[U.S. Congress elections, 2014|re-election]] to the [[U.S. House elections, 2014|U.S. House]] in 2014. If she runs, she will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election. {{Nov2014genelection}}

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==Biography==

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Schakowsky serves on the following committees:<ref>[http://media.cq.com/pub/committees/ ''CQ.com,'' "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress"]</ref>

Schakowsky serves on the following committees:<ref>[http://media.cq.com/pub/committees/ ''CQ.com,'' "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress"]</ref>

*[[United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce Committee]]

*[[United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce Committee]]

Schakowsky voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml ''U.S. House'' "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.]</ref>

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Schakowsky voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was 1 of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml ''U.S. House'' "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.]</ref>

Schakowsky said about the shutdown, "The people that are driving this shutdown are people who don't have any institutional memory and many of them actually have no legislative experience whatsoever [or] legislative memory. So they came here on a mission, which was to shutdown the government. A couple of them bragged about it early on. ... This is a moment when our economy could actually be leaping forward. We are at a point where we could be creating jobs. We could be in a great position right now, and instead we're going to be seeing, I think, really tragic consequences in terms of the economy and individual American families."<ref>[http://progressillinois.com/posts/content/2013/10/01/us-government-shutdown-whats-next ''Progress Illinois.com,'' "U.S. Government Shutdown: How Did We Get Here And What's Next?," accessed October 2, 2013]</ref>

Schakowsky is set to run for [[U.S. Congress elections, 2014|re-election]] to the [[U.S. House elections, 2014|U.S. House]] in 2014. If she runs, she will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election. {{Nov2014genelection}}

Schakowsky won re-election in November.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/illinois/ ''Politico'' "2012 Election Map, Illinois"]</ref> Schakowsky was running in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]], representing [[United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012|Illinois']] [[Illinois' 9th congressional district elections, 2012|9th District]]. Schakowsky had sought the nomination on the [[Democratic]] ticket. The [[Signature requirements and deadlines for 2012 U.S. Congress elections|signature filing deadline]] was December 27, 2011, with the primary taking place on March 20, 2012.

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Schakowsky won re-election in November.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/illinois/ ''Politico'' "2012 Election Map, Illinois"]</ref> Schakowsky ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]], representing [[United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012|Illinois']] [[Illinois' 9th congressional district elections, 2012|9th District]]. Schakowsky ran on the [[Democratic]] ticket. The [[Signature requirements and deadlines for 2012 U.S. Congress elections|signature filing deadline]] was December 27, 2011, with the primary taking place on March 20, 2012.

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Schakowsky defeated challenger [[Simon Ribeiro]] in the [[Illinois' 9th congressional district elections, 2012|Democratic primary]] on March 20, 2012.<ref name="abc">[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/elections/local/results ''ABC News 7'' "Election Results Primary 2012" Accessed March 20, 2012]</ref> Candidate [[Timothy Wolfe]] run unopposed in the [[Illinois' 8th congressional district elections, 2012|Republican primary]] and will face Schakowsky in the general election on November 6, 2012.

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Schakowsky defeated challenger [[Simon Ribeiro]] in the [[Illinois' 9th congressional district elections, 2012|Democratic primary]] on March 20, 2012.<ref name="abc">[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/elections/local/results ''ABC News 7'' "Election Results Primary 2012" Accessed March 20, 2012]</ref> Candidate [[Timothy Wolfe]] run unopposed in the [[Illinois' 8th congressional district elections, 2012|Republican primary]] and was defeated by Schakowsky in the general election on November 6, 2012.

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===2010===

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===Full history===

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On November 2, 2010, Schakowsky won re-election to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. She defeated Joe Barry Pollak ([[Republican|R]]) and Simon Ribeiro ([[Green]]) in the general election.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf ''U.S. Congress House Clerk'' "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"]</ref>

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[[File:Jan Schakowsky 2012 Donor Breakdown.PNG|right|375px|thumb|Breakdown of the source of Schakowsky's campaign funds before the 2012 election.]]

[[File:Jan Schakowsky 2012 Donor Breakdown.PNG|right|375px|thumb|Breakdown of the source of Schakowsky's campaign funds before the 2012 election.]]

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Schakowsky won re-election to the [[U.S. House]] in 2012. During that election cycle, Schakowsky's campaign committee raised a total of $1,350,902 and spent $1,338,067.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004724&cycle=2012 ''Open Secrets'' "Jan Schakowsky 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed February 20, 2013]</ref>

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Schakowsky won re-election to the [[U.S. House]] in 2012. During that election cycle, Schakowsky's campaign committee raised a total of $1,350,902 and spent $1,338,067.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00004724&cycle=2012 ''Open Secrets'' "Jan Schakowsky 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed February 20, 2013]</ref> This is less than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/06/2012-overview.html ''Open Secrets,'' "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013]</ref>

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====Cost per vote====

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Schakowsky spent $6.87 per vote received in 2012.

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==Analysis==

==Analysis==

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===Congressional Staff Salaries===

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===Ideology and leadership===

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::''See also: [[Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

The website ''Legistorm'' compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Schakowsky paid her congressional staff a total of $1,219,538 in 2011. She ranks 8th on the list of the highest paid Democratic Representative Staff Salaries and she ranks 8th overall of the highest paid Representative Staff Salaries in 2011. Overall, [[Illinois]] ranks 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average [[U.S. House of Representatives]] congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.<ref>[http://www.legistorm.com/browse_by_representative/index/letter/S.html LegiStorm "Jan Schakowsky"]</ref>

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===Net worth===

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Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by ''GovTrack'', Schakowsky is a "[[GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking|far-left Democratic leader]]," as of June 17, 2013.<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/janice_schakowsky/400360 ''Gov Track'' "Schakowsky" Accessed June 17, 2013]</ref>

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:: ''See also: [[Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Schakowsky's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $10,024 and $404,999. That averages to $207,511, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. Her average net worth decreased by 6.95% from 2010.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00004724&year=2011 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Schakowsky (D-Ill), 2011"]</ref>

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===Like-minded colleagues===

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Schakowsky's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $12,025 and $433,999. That averages to $223,012, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00004724&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Schakowsky, (D-Illinois), 2010"]</ref>

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The website ''OpenCongress'' tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.<ref>[http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400360_Janice_Schakowsky ''OpenCongress,'' "Rep. Jan Schakowsky," Accessed August 1, 2013]</ref>

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Schakowsky most often votes with:

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*{{reddot}} [[Chris Gibson]]

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Schakowsky least often votes with:

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===National Journal vote ratings===

===National Journal vote ratings===

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:: ''See also: [[National Journal vote ratings]]''

:: ''See also: [[National Journal vote ratings]]''

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Schakowsky ranked 46th in the liberal rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223 ''National Journal,'' "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Schakowsky ranked 24th in the liberal rankings in 2012.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings ''National Journal,'' "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 27, 2013]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Schakowsky ranked 46th in the liberal rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223 ''National Journal,'' "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012]</ref>

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===Political Positions===

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===Lifetime missed votes===

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::''See also: [[Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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According to the website ''GovTrack,'' Schakowsky missed 202 of 9,871 roll call votes from Jan 1999 to Mar 2013. This amounts to 2.0%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/janice_schakowsky/400360 ''GovTrack,'' "Jan Schakowsky," Accessed April 1, 2013]</ref>

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The website ''Legistorm'' compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Schakowsky paid her congressional staff a total of $1,219,538 in 2011. She ranks 8th on the list of the highest paid Democratic representative staff salaries and ranks 8th overall of the highest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, [[Illinois]] ranks 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average [[U.S. House of Representatives]] congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.<ref>[http://www.legistorm.com/browse_by_representative/index/letter/S.html LegiStorm "Jan Schakowsky"]</ref>

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===Net worth===

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org'', Schakowsky's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $10,024 and $404,999. That averages to $207,511, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. Her average net worth decreased by 6.95% from 2010.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00004724&year=2011 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Schakowsky (D-Ill), 2011"]</ref>

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org'', Schakowsky's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $12,025 and $433,999. That averages to $223,012, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00004724&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Schakowsky, (D-Illinois), 2010"]</ref>

Issues

Political positions

Fiscal Cliff

Schakowsky voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was 1 of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[5]

Legislative actions

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 114 out of the 3,036 introduced bills (3.8 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[6] For more information pertaining to Schakowsky's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[7]

National security

American response in Syria

On August 29, 2013, more than 50 HouseDemocrats signed a letter written by CaliforniaRep.Barbara Lee that called for a congressional resolution on strikes, and cautioned that the dire situation in Syria "should not draw us into an unwise war—especially without adhering to our constitutional requirements."[8][9] The letter also called on the Obama administration to work with the U.N. Security Council “to build international consensus” condemning the alleged use of chemical weapons. Schakowsky was one of the 50 Democrats in the House to sign the letter.[8][9]

Economy

Government shutdown

Schakowsky said about the shutdown, "The people that are driving this shutdown are people who don't have any institutional memory and many of them actually have no legislative experience whatsoever [or] legislative memory. So they came here on a mission, which was to shutdown the government. A couple of them bragged about it early on. ... This is a moment when our economy could actually be leaping forward. We are at a point where we could be creating jobs. We could be in a great position right now, and instead we're going to be seeing, I think, really tragic consequences in terms of the economy and individual American families."[10]

Immigration

Healthcare

Social issues

SNAP challenge

In June 2013, more than two dozen HouseDemocrats, including Schakowsky, took part in a SNAP challenge, feeding themselves for a week on the average benefit level of a SNAP recipient.[11] Participants agreed to eat all meals from a limited food budget comparable to that of a SNAP participant, approximately $1.50 per meal, or $4.50 a day.[12]

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Jan Schakowsky, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Joe Barry Pollak (R) and Simon Ribeiro (Green) in the general election.[14]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

66.3%

117,553

Republican

Joe Barry Pollak

31.1%

55,182

Green

Simon Ribeiro

2.5%

4,472

Total Votes

177,207

2008

On November 4, 2008, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Michael Benjamin Younan (R), Morris Shanfield (G) and Susanne Atanus (Write-in) in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

74.7%

181,948

Republican

Michael Benjamin Younan

22%

53,593

Green

Morris Shanfield

3.3%

8,140

Write-in

Susanne Atanus

0%

13

Total Votes

243,694

2006

On November 7, 2006, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Michael P. Shannon (R) in the general election.[16]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

74.6%

122,852

Republican

Michael P. Shannon

25.4%

41,858

N/A

Write-in

0%

3

Total Votes

164,713

2004

On November 2, 2004, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Kurt J. Eckhardt (R) in the general election.[17]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

75.7%

175,282

Republican

Kurt J. Eckhardt

24.3%

56,135

Total Votes

231,417

2002

On November 5, 2002, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Nicholas M. Duric (R) and Stephanie "Vs. the Machine" Sailor (L) in the general election.[18]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

70.3%

118,642

Republican

Nicolas M. Duric

26.8%

45,307

Libertarian

Stephanie Sailor

2.9%

4,887

Total Votes

168,836

2000

On November 7, 2000, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Dennis J. Driscoll (R) in the general election.[19]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2000

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowskyincumbent

76.4%

147,002

Republican

Dennis J. Driscoll

23.6%

45,344

Total Votes

192,346

1998

On November 3, 1998, Jan Schakowsky won election to the United States House. She defeated Herbert Sohn (R) and Michael D. Ray (L) in the general election.[20]

U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 1998

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Janice D. Schakowsky

74.6%

107,878

Republican

Herbert Sohn

23.1%

33,448

Libertarian

Michael D. Ray

2.3%

3,284

Total Votes

144,610

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Schakowsky is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Schakowsky raised a total of $8,227,676 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 5, 2013.[21]

2012

Breakdown of the source of Schakowsky's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Schakowsky won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Schakowsky's campaign committee raised a total of $1,350,902 and spent $1,338,067.[25] This is less than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[26]

Lifetime missed votes

According to the website GovTrack, Schakowsky missed 202 of 9,871 roll call votes from Jan 1999 to Mar 2013. This amounts to 2.0%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[33]

Congressional staff salaries

2011

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Schakowsky paid her congressional staff a total of $1,219,538 in 2011. She ranks 8th on the list of the highest paid Democratic representative staff salaries and ranks 8th overall of the highest paid representative staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Illinois ranks 46th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[34]

Staff bonuses

According to an analysis by CNN, Schakowsky was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in 2012. Schakowsky's staff was given an apparent $34,200.00 in bonus money.[35]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Schakowsky's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $10,024 and $404,999. That averages to $207,511, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. Her average net worth decreased by 6.95% from 2010.[36]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Schakowsky's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $12,025 and $433,999. That averages to $223,012, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[37]

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Personal

Schakowsky resides in Evanston, Illinois, with her husband Robert Creamer. She has three children, Ian, Mary, and stepdaughter Lauren Creamer, and four grandchildren, Isabel, Eve, Lucy, and William.[38]